SAS Contract Job Trends in the East of England

SAS System
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England citing SAS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 31 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	114	95	-
Rank change year-on-year	-19	-	-
Contract jobs citing SAS	9	6	0
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England	0.39%	0.42%	-
As % of the Application Platforms category	5.29%	4.80%	-
Number of daily rates quoted	0	5	0
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	-	£641	-
England median daily rate	£550	£519	£550
% change year-on-year	+5.92%	-5.59%	+4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted	6	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	-	-	-
Median hourly rate	£14.96	-	-
75^th Percentile	-	-	-
90^th Percentile	£34.73	-	-
England median hourly rate	£46.75	£37.50	£20.87
% change year-on-year	+24.67%	+79.71%	-66.61%

All Application Platform Skills
East of England

SAS falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing application platform skills in the East of England.

	6 months to 31 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing application platform skills	170	125	167
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England	7.28%	8.80%	12.55%
Number of daily rates quoted	86	60	102
10^th Percentile	£185	£213	£220
25^th Percentile	£238	£400	£302
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£467	£500	£420
Median % change year-on-year	-6.55%	+19.05%	-6.67%
75^th Percentile	£600	£575	£538
90^th Percentile	£769	£629	£575
England median daily rate	£500	£500	£525
% change year-on-year	-	-4.76%	+4.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted	28	6	6
10^th Percentile	£14.96	£16.42	£24.00
25^th Percentile	£16.60	£17.33	£35.00
Median hourly rate	£17.64	£30.36	£51.50
Median % change year-on-year	-41.91%	-41.05%	+157.50%
75^th Percentile	£54.75	£64.74	£62.75
90^th Percentile	£92.11	£72.50	£66.00
England median hourly rate	£27.50	£41.00	£42.50
% change year-on-year	-32.93%	-3.53%	+57.41%

SAS Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SAS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

SAS Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SAS.

SAS Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SAS.

SAS Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution for jobs citing SAS in the East of England over the 6 months to 31 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for SAS in the East of England

SAS Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAS within the East of England region over the 6 months to 31 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Hertfordshire	-10	7	-	-
Bedfordshire	-4	2	-	-
SAS England

SAS Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 31 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing SAS also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the East of England region citing SAS.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	CRM	55.6%	5
1	Microsoft Excel	55.6%	5
1	Raiser’s Edge	55.6%	5
1	SPSS	55.6%	5
5	Continuous Improvement	44.4%	4
5	Data Science	44.4%	4
5	Python	44.4%	4
5	R	44.4%	4
9	Decision-Making	33.3%	3
9	Degree	33.3%	3
9	Master's Degree	33.3%	3
9	Statistics	33.3%	3
13	Adaptive Web Design	22.2%	2
13	Biostatistics	22.2%	2
13	CDISC	22.2%	2
13	Clinical Data Management	22.2%	2
13	Data Analysis	22.2%	2
13	Data Collection	22.2%	2
13	Data Management	22.2%	2
13	Data Quality	22.2%	2
13	Experimental Design	22.2%	2
13	Market Surveillance	22.2%	2
13	Mathematics	22.2%	2
13	Numerate Degree	22.2%	2
13	Problem-Solving	22.2%	2
13	Project Planning	22.2%	2
13	Statistical Analysis	22.2%	2
13	Statistical Modelling	22.2%	2
13	Validation	22.2%	2
13	Verification and Validation	22.2%	2

SAS Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Marketing	77.8%	7
2	Pharmaceutical	33.3%	3
3	Inclusion and Diversity	22.2%	2
3	Presentation Skills	22.2%	2
3	Social Skills	22.2%	2